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Re: packets limited to 550 bytes

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Subject: Re: packets limited to 550 bytes
From: Nicaud Phil <pnicaud@WOOLWORTHS.COM.AU>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 07:19:04 +1000
Reply-to: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
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Hi Alain

It's possible that your default Gateway (main router) is set with a small
MTU (Maximum Transmission Units) in its IP config. This could have been
configured that way more efficiently interleave with other traffic on a
shared WAN Link.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MENEZES, ALAIN [SMTP:a.menezes@ASLK-CGER.BE]
> Sent: Friday, 5 March 1999 20:01
> To:   NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> Subject:      packets limited tio 550 bytes
> 
> Hi NetViewers,
> 
> One of my RS6000 F40 running AIX 4.2.1 is sending 550 bytes packets;
> when we traced we didn't see any packet bigger than that. On other F40s
> the packets are bigger ... I've checked the max IP packet size config &
> it's 1492 . Is there any other place I have to look ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> ---------------------
> Alain Menezes 
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> a.menezes@aslk-cger.be
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